Edgewater dominates

VARSITY - Wrestling - Metro Conference Tournament

The Eagles win by 33 points and establish themselves as the district favorite.

January 28, 2007|By Brentley Romine, Special to the Sentinel

Edgewater made a statement Saturday after winning the Metro Conference tournament at Boone.

Not only did the Eagles beat conference powerhouse Olympia by 33 points in the final team standings, they also established themselves as the team to beat in districts.

"The district tournament is a different entity in that you have only seven schools," Edgewater Coach Jon Cone said. "With us, Olympia and DP [Dr. Phillips], there's going to be some different matchups, and it's going to be really tight because the points won't be flying around as much."

Edgewater set the tone early when Terry Tran (103) pinned Evans' Lloyd Mickens to win third place. The Eagles then pulled away from the field behind individual championships from Danny Pastrana (125), Jarrett Walker (171) and Dylan Steele (275) en route to a 221.5-point finish.

Olympia placed the most wrestlers (nine), including tournament champions Andrew Larson (135) and Justin Coocen (130). But the big shocker was Joe Delisle (215) falling to Winter Park's Peter Sturgeon in the title bout.

"It was great to get the monkey off my back, because I've never beaten him before," Sturgeon said.

The Warriors finished with 188.5 points, and Dr. Phillips came in third with 178.5 points.

"Edgewater and Dr. Phillips are both in our district, so that makes it a very tough district to win," Larson said.

"We were disappointed that Edgewater ran away with it, but we just wanted to show Dr. Phillips where their place is."